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odstraníti to remove; to do away with; to eliminate; to move out of the way (s silo by force)

odstraníti težave (ovire) to surmount difficulties (obstacles)
odstraníti madež (šminko) to remove a stain (make-up)
odstraníti vse sledi to remove all traces
odstraníti se to absent oneself (iz, od from); to go away; to withdraw
odstrani se! move!, move on!, move it!, move away!, be off with you!, take yourself off!

koščíca anatomija small bone; ossicle; (v sadju) stone

sadje s koščíco stone fruit, drupe
koščíca slive plum stone
odstraniti koščíco (pri sadju) to stone

kôtlovec (kamen) fur; scale

odstraniti kôtlovec to descale

mádež stain, spot; soil (tudi figurativno), (moralni) blemish, (majhen) speck; (sramotni) slur; mineralogija macula, macle

mádež od čaja a tea stain
brez mádeža stainless, spotless, taintless
poln tintnih mádežev ink-stained
sramotni mádež stigma, pl -s, -mata; taint
očistiti od mádežev to clean stains
odstraniti mádež to remove a stain
to blago bo v dežju dobilo mádeže that material will spot in rain
belo platno dobi hitro mádeže white linen spots easily
izvlekel se je iz zadeve brez mádeža na svojem ugledu he has come out without a stain on his reputation
vreči mádež na... to cast a slur on...
se ta mádež vidi? does this spot show?

nit thread

nit za šivanje sewing thread
prašna nit botanika stamen
žarilna nit filament
življenjska nit the thread of life
živa nit (trihina, zoologija) threadworm, nematode
nit pri stroku (fižola ipd.) string
izgubiti nit svojih argumentov, misli to lose the thread of one's arguments, ideas
suhe niti ni bilo na meni I had not a dry thread (ali stitch of clothing) on me, I was wet to the skin
odstraniti niti (iz stroka) to string
vdeti nit v šivanko to thread a needle
njegovo življenje je viselo na niti his life hung by a thread

ovíra impediment, obstacle, hindrance; (nanada) check, (nepričakovana) snag; (zapora) bar, barrier; obstruction

večja ovíra a major obstacle
tek čez ovíre šport obstacle race, hurdle race, pogovorno hurdles pl
zakonska ovíra legal impediment
žične ovíre vojska barbed wire, barbed-wire entanglement
ni poti brez ovír no road is without obstacles
konj je padel pri prvi ovíri the horse fell at the first jump (ali fence)
delati ovíro, biti ovíra čemu to be in the way, to be (ali to constitute) an obstacle to something
naleteti na ovíre to run into obstacles
odstraniti vse ovíre to remove all obstacles
staviti komu ovíre na pot to set impediments in someone's way
naleteti na nepričakovano ovíro to come up against a snag

prisluškoválen listening (-)

namestiti prisluškoválni aparat na telefonsko linijo to tap (ali to bug) a telephone line
vgraditi prisluškoválne naprave to bug
odstraniti prisluškoválne naprave to debug
prisluškoválna postaja listening post

radioaktívnost radioactivity

umetna radioaktívnost artificial radioactivity
odstranitev radioaktívnosti decontamination
odstraniti radioaktívnost to decontaminate

skórja (drevesa) bark; (sira) rind; anatomija (možganska) cortex, pl -tices

krušna skórja crust of bread
zemeljska skórja earth's crust, lithosphere
(ki je) hrapave (gladke) skórje coarse (smooth)-rinded
odstraniti skórjo to take the rind off

tapéta (stenska, papirnata) wallpaper; (preproga) tapestry

odstraniti, sneti stenske tapéte to strip a wall of paper, to strip the paper off

vránica anatomija milt, spleen

vnetje vránice splenitis
odstraniti vránico psu to remove a dog's spleen
bolnik na vránici splenetic

zapréka obstacle, hindrance (komu to someone), impediment; hitch; obstruction; barrier; (nenadna) check; bar, hurdle

brez zaprék without obstacles, without a hitch
tek čez zapréke šport hurdles pl; obstacle race
naleteti na zapréke to meet with obstacles, to run into obstacles
naleteti na nepričakovano zapréko to run into a snag
premagati zapréke to overcome obstacles
on je rekorden tekač čez zapréke he is a record hurdler
odstraniti zapréke to remove obstacles
delati komu zapréke to put (ali to throw) obstacles in someone's way
visoke gore so velika zapréka za promet the high mountains are a great obstacle to communication
konj je padel pri prvi zapréki the horse fell at the first jump
biti zapréka za to be an obstacle to
to je bila zapréka za njegovo napredovanje it was a bar (ali a barrier) to his advancement
nekje je bila kaka zapréka (figurativno) there was a hitch somewhere
ni poti brez zaprék no road is without obstacles